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The broken door of a house is seen after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. ...
 
Rockets hit area near Kabul airport amid US pullout

Rockets struck a neighborhood the Kabul airport on Monday amid the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear who launched them.

Hawaii-based soldier pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State

A soldier based in Hawaii pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to help the Islamic State group— admitting he provided secret military information, a drone meant to track U.S. troops and other support to undercover agents he believed were members of the terrorist organization.

Commander of Nellis based Thunderbirds removed from post

Lt. Col. Jason Heard had led the team based at Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base well, but there was a loss of “confidence in his leadership and risk management style,” the Air Force said Wednesday.

 
Air Force Academy head says cadets ‘should be outraged’ by racial slurs

Racial slurs were written in the dormitory of the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this week, prompting the head of the institution to tell students, faculty and staff that bigotry would not be tolerated.

Navy parachutist dies during demonstration over Hudson River

In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, a Navy Seal team member fell to his death Sunday after his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration over the Hudson River.

 
Discipline but no criminal charges in hospital bombing in Afghanistan

A U.S. aerial gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process mistakes and equipment failures, and none of the aircrew or U.S. ground troops knew the target was a hospital, a top U.S. general said Friday.

 
Damaged dock closes USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be closed to visitors until at least June 4 after a dock to the memorial that sits atop the sunken battleship was damaged in an accident Wednesday, the National Park Service says.

 
Pilot killed in Va. crash was combat veteran

The pilot killed in the crash of an F-15 jet this week in the remote Virginia mountains was a decorated combat veteran with 17 years of experience flying the planes, military officials in Massachusetts said Friday.